Scaphium macropodum (Miq.) Beumee ex K.Heyne

• Region

  Asia

• Country

  Indonesia

• State/Province

  Riau

• Locality

  Tigapuluh Mts., 5 km W of Telanglakat on Rengat-Jambi Rd., Bukit Karampal area

• Elevation

  Alt. 100 m. (328 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -0.77, 102.53

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

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University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF SUMATRA
STERCULIACEAE
Scaphium macropodium (Miq.) Beumee
Det. By: j.s. Burley
Field Char: Tree 35 m tall x 40 cm dbh?
buttressed to 1 m. Bark thick, rugose,
cracked, reddish-brown? underbark
fibrous. Flower yellow.
Locality: Sumatra: Riau Province,
Tigapuluh Mts., 5 km W of Telanglakat on
Rengat-Jambi Rd., Bukit Karampal area.
Habitat: Primary forest.^
ca. 100 m, 0 46'S X 102 32'E
J.S. Burley et al. 1263, November 7, 1988
This is a voucher specimen for anticancer
and antiAIDS screening.
NCI Sample Number(s): Q6605121-C, Q6605122-F
Q6605123-G.
Collected under the sponsorship of: U.S.
National Cancer Institute, University of
Illinois at Chicago, Arnold Arboretum (Har-
vard University), Field Museum of Natural
History and Herbarium Bogoriense/LIPI.
04352766